Power and danger in the third decade of women, peace and security

Basu, Soumita, Kirby, Paul and Shepherd, Laura J. (2020) Power and danger in the third decade of women, peace and security. Women, Peace and Security (23 Oct 2020). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

A decade ago, Dianne Otto identified the trouble at the heart of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda: the collision between the power of feminist ideas and the danger of cooptation and tokenism. The ‘power’ was not just that of an “imperial and hegemonic” Security Council which might act on behalf of a global women’s movement, but also of feminists themselves using the machinery of state. The ‘danger’ lay in those same institutions, where feminist ideas would likely be curtailed and distorted, the more radical elements jettisoned in favour of a veneer of legitimacy for the superpowers and the perpetuation of structures feminists otherwise criticised.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/wps/
Additional Information:	© 2020 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE IGA: Centre for Women Peace and Security
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Date Deposited:	17 Nov 2020 12:51
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 10:47
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/107397

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